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1. How is the setting for the novel established in Chapter 1? When and where does the story begin?

In Chapter 1, the narrator relates that it was on Saturday night, on April 15, 1837, when "the man with the red waistcoat" arrives in London. The man arrives in a coach called "The Rocket" at the Golden Ox, an inn with a sign that features a golden bull.

2. What does Jack do on Great Queen Street in Chapter 2? Who is he mistaken for?

Jack comes marching up to Great Queen Street to Number 27, where he knocks at the door. Mercy is the kitchen maid next door, and appears at the parlor window; she imagines that Jack has come to interview with Mrs. Halfstairs for the position of footman at her home.

3. What is Miss Mott doing in the beginning of Chapter 4? What are her thoughts about the household where she works?

Miss Mott, the cook at Mr. Buckle's home, is cooking dinner for seven gentlemen. Miss Mott contemplates her new employer, Mr. Buckle, with his "oddly private disposition" and his lack of social graces. Mr. Buckle inherited this house and wealth and shows little social graces.

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